Abort

//əˈbɔːt//

Synonyms for "abort" (47 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

abandon belay cancel cease close conclude cut it out cut short

Noun(2 words)

abortion abortus

Strong matches (14)

desist determine discontinue drop it end fail finish finish up fizzle founder give over go amiss go astray go wrong

Related words (23)

halt have done with hold knock it off lay off leave off miscarry misfire perorate prevent quit refrain relinquish renounce resolve scrap scratch scrub stay stop

Show 3 more words

suspend terminate wind up

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

28 entries

buy the farm cash in one's chips choke conclusion conk croak decease die discharge drop dead eject end ending exhaust exit expel

Showing 16 of 28 words.

Synonyms

2 entries

cut short suspend

Related terms

2 entries

abend exception

derived

21 entries

abortable abortal abortation abortee aborter abortient abortifacient abortifactive abortificant abortion abortist abortive abortment abortogenic abortorium abortuary

Showing 16 of 21 words.

entails

1 entries

conceive

has context

4 entries

aeronautics biology computing military

is a

1 entries

termination

manner of

3 entries

die discharge end

related to

22 entries

abandon abend aborted abortion completion event exception fetus function miscarriage miscarry mission premature prematurely process product

Showing 16 of 22 words.

Translations

195 translations across 43 languages.

Arabic

3 entries

يجهض verb (to miscarry)
يسقط verb (to miscarry)
يُجْهِض verb (to miscarry)

Armenian

4 entries

ձախողվել verb (to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages)
վիժել verb (to miscarry)
վիժել verb (to cause a premature termination)
վիժեցնել verb (to cause a premature termination)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

uşaq salmaq verb (to cause a premature termination)

Bulgarian

4 entries

або́рт noun (miscarriage)
помя́тане noun (miscarriage)
абортирам verb (to miscarry)
помятам verb (to miscarry)

Burmese

4 entries

ကိုယ်ဝန်ပျက် verb (to miscarry)
ဇီးလျှော verb (to miscarry)
သားပျက် verb (to miscarry)
သားလျှော verb (to miscarry)

Catalan

2 entries

avortament noun (miscarriage)
avortar verb (to miscarry)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

中斷 /中断 noun (function used to abort a process)
中止 noun (early termination of a mission)
停止 noun (function used to abort a process)
墮胎 /堕胎 noun (miscarriage)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

abort noun (miscarriage)

Czech

2 entries

potratit verb (to miscarry)
potratit verb (to cause a premature termination)

Dutch

4 entries

afbreken noun (function used to abort a process)
miskraam noun (product of a miscarriage)
miskraam noun (miscarriage)
voortijdige beëindiging noun (event to abort a computer process)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

аборт noun (miscarriage)

Esperanto

4 entries

abortigo noun (function used to abort a process)
ĉesigo noun (function used to abort a process)
aborti verb (to miscarry)
abortigi verb (to cause a premature termination)

Estonian

2 entries

katkestus noun (function used to abort a process)
katkestamine verb (to cause a premature termination)

Finnish

4 entries

keskenmeno noun (miscarriage)
keskeytys noun (early termination of a mission)
keskeytys noun (function used to abort a process)
keskeytys noun (event to abort a computer process)

French

4 entries

avorton noun (product of a miscarriage)
fausse couche noun (miscarriage)
abandonner verb (to cause a premature termination)
abandonner verb (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion)

German

4 entries

Abbruch noun (function used to abort a process)
Abort noun (early termination of a mission)
Abort noun (miscarriage)
Schwangerschaftsabbruch noun (miscarriage)

Greek

1 entries

διακόπτω verb (to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages)

Hebrew

4 entries

ביטל verb (to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages)
הִפִּיל verb (to miscarry)
הִפִּיל verb (to cause a premature termination)
ויתר verb (to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages)

Hungarian

1 entries

vetélés noun (miscarriage)

Ido

3 entries

aborto noun (miscarriage)
aborturo noun (product of a miscarriage)
abortar verb (to miscarry)

Indonesian

1 entries

menghentikan verb (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion)

Italian

4 entries

abortire verb (to miscarry)
abortire verb (to cause a premature termination)
fallire verb (to miscarry)
fermare verb (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion)

Japanese

4 entries

中止 noun (function used to abort a process)
流産 noun (miscarriage)
堕ろす verb (to cause a premature termination)
流産する verb (to miscarry)

Latin

2 entries

abigo verb (to cause a premature termination)
aborior verb (to miscarry)

Latvian

1 entries

aborts noun (miscarriage)

Malay

1 entries

henti paksa noun (function used to abort a process)

Māori

2 entries

haukoti verb (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion)
whakatahe verb (to cause a premature termination)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

abort noun (function used to abort a process)
abort noun (miscarriage)
avbrytelse noun (function used to abort a process)
spontanabort noun (miscarriage)

Occitan

1 entries

abortar noun (miscarriage)

Persian

2 entries

افگانه noun (miscarriage)
سقط جنین noun (miscarriage)

Polish

1 entries

przerwać verb (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion)

Portuguese

4 entries

abort noun (function used to abort a process)
abortado noun (product of a miscarriage)
abortamento noun (function used to abort a process)
aborto noun (product of a miscarriage)

Romanian

2 entries

avort noun (miscarriage)
întrerupere de sarcină noun (miscarriage)

Russian

3 entries

або́рт noun (miscarriage)
вы́кидыш noun (miscarriage)
прервать verb (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

pobačaj noun (product of a miscarriage)
pobačaj noun (miscarriage)
pobaciti verb (to miscarry)
pobaciti verb (to cause a premature termination)

Spanish

2 entries

aborto noun (miscarriage)
abortar verb (to miscarry)

Swahili

4 entries

avya verb (to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages)
avya mimba verb (to miscarry)
avya mimba verb (to cause a premature termination)
toa mimba verb (to cause a premature termination)

Swedish

4 entries

abort noun (miscarriage)
missfall noun (miscarriage)
abortera verb (to cause a premature termination)
avbryta verb (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion)

Telugu

4 entries

అకాల ప్రసవం verb (to cause a premature termination)
ఆగిపోవు verb (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion)
ఆపు verb (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion)
గర్భ విచ్ఛిత్తి verb (to miscarry)

Thai

4 entries

ทำแท้ง verb (to cause a premature termination)
ยกเลิก verb (to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages)
หยุด verb (to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages)
เลิก verb (to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages)

Urdu

4 entries

اخراج جنین کرنا verb (to miscarry)
حمل اسقاط کرنا verb (to miscarry)
حمل ساقط کرنا verb (to miscarry)
حمل ضائع کرنا verb (to miscarry)

Vietnamese

2 entries

phá thai verb (to cause a premature termination)
sẩy thai verb (to cause a premature termination)

Welsh

1 entries

erthylu verb (to cause a premature termination)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I don't want to abort the mission now.

Source: tatoeba (3598168)

"Yanni is coming." "Abort mission! Abort mission!"

Source: tatoeba (10092421)

The U.S. space agency NASA has successfully tested the Orion spacecraft's launch abort system, designed to save crew members should an emergency occur during a launch.

Source: tatoeba (11210829)

Abort!

Source: tatoeba (12486770)

Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.

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